A bereavement before your wedding brings multiple emotions. Grief for the one lost, guilt for the joy you have for your upcoming nuptials and awkwardness in wanting to continue and plan for your special day are all common. Today we’ll help guide you with suggestions of ways to manage this challenging time. Ways of Coping… Read More
Christmas is not just creeping up on us, it’s barrelling towards us. So what better to blog about today, than some seriously excellent gift ideas for the newlywed brides and the brides-to-be in your life?! Okay, okay… YOU might be the bride-to-be – in which case, you need to share your favourites off this list to your partner-in-crime… Read More
After spending such a long time and putting so much effort into planning for her wedding day, being left at the altar just isn’t something a bride wants to consider. Yet sadly, it does happen and many of us have either seen or heard of it happening. Whether he’s decided he doesn’t love you anymore,… Read More
Merry Christmas everyone! Can you believe it’s just on two weeks till the jolly man visits? In the meantime, there’s tinsel to hang, work shouts to attend… and your office secret Santa recipient to buy for! Luckily for you, giving presents is my love language, so I’ve teamed up with Etsy to share some awesome… Read More
Curly hair has its own agenda. Get a haircut? It’ll sulk for a week. Going on holiday – my hair goes on strike. But when my curls cooperate – I get people asking to pat my hair, pulling the spiral curls down and watching them bounce back up. It’s taken years to figure out what… Read More
The other week I shared some ideas for Christmas ideas for brides-to-be. But I don’t want any of my Grooms to be feeling left out! So today I present to you: Southern Bride’s Christmas Gift Ideas for the Groom to Be in your life. Christmas Gift Ideas for your Groom to Be Do you have… Read More
When you get married, you are establishing your own family unit with you, your spouse, any children you might have, fur babies, and extended miscellaneous relatives (the good, the bad and the ugly). With this new family unit, comes the opportunity for creating new Christmas traditions! So today I wanted to share some inspiration and ideas… Read More
It’s all very well talking about the intricacies of choosing a wedding venue, dealing with difficult guests and what to dress your bridesmaids in… but if you can’t pay for any of it – it’s a bit pointless worrying about it, right? I know alllll about that overwhelming feeling of having a big goal and… Read More
As much as our beloved brides would have us believe it, there’s plenty of bridesmaid dresses that are worn for the wedding, then relegated to the closet, never to be seen again. When I was Maid of Honour for my lovely bestie Lisa, she didn’t want the dress back, and I never had the opportunity come by to… Read More
Getting married is all about beginning your life as a new family unit (whether that’s a family of two, four, ten or thirty!). One of the best things about this new set point, is starting new family traditions. I’m a sentimental person, so one of my favourite traditions that we have begun is an annual… Read More